Horse-blanket



(No Model.) 7

E... W.. ALLEN-.

HORSE BLANKET.

1 T0.27"7,184=. Patented May 8,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORSE-BLANKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Application filed February 19, 1883.

No. 277,184, dated May 8, 1883.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern: V

- Be it known that I, EDGAR W. ALLEN, of Rock Island, in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Horse-Blanket, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.,in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 shows my new and improved horseblanket as it appears when placed upon a horse, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blanket as it a'ppearswhen spread out.

The invention relates to horse-blankets which are stayed at the sides; and the object of the invention is to extend and connect these stays at the neck and tail, so as to take the strain at these two points from the fabric of which the cover is made and throw it upon the stays.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the blanket, which is of the usual form; and B B represent the side stays, which are stitched or otherwise secured to the sides of the blanket from end to end of the blanket, as shown in Fig. 2. These stays, which may be of leather, webbing, or any other suitable material, instead of being stitched straight across from end to end of the blanket, are by preference set oblique or slightly diagonal to the straight edges of theblanket, approaching each other from front to rear, as shown in Fig. 2, the stays being farthest apart at the frontof the blanket, for effecting a proper fit of the blanket upon the horse. The stay B is extended at its forward end past the end of the blanket, and is punched toform the breast-strap b, and at its rear end it is also extended and passes through the slot a, and is punched to form the crupperstrap b, as shown. The stay B is provided at its ends withthe buckles 00, into which the extended front and rear ends of the stayB are adapted to be buckled for holding the blanket upon the horse. At a the blanket is slotted to correspond with the slot a, for the passage through the blanket of the crupper-strap 1), before being buckled to the rear end of the stay B, as will be understood from Fig. 1. Constructed in this manner, it will be seen that the stays B B strengthen the blanket at the shoulders and hips, where it is most liable to be torn, and that the stays passing along the sides of the horse and forming the breast and crupper straps hold the blanketsecurely upon the horse, so that he will not be so liable to get it oft as when fastenedin the ordinary way with ordinary breast and crupper straps.

Having thus fully described my invention, I

claim as-new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A horse-blanket having the holes a a near the rear end and the side stays, B B, converged from the front toward the rear, the

stay B being provided with the perforated extensions b I), and the stay B having end buckles, as shown and described.

. EDGAR W. ALLEN.

Witnesses:

E. J AY SUGRU, H. STEENOKEN. 

